Senior Project Manager

Corden Pharma - A Full-Service CDMO

Manage pharmaceutical projects and lead new product introductions at Corden Pharma, overseeing resources and ensuring compliance with contract commitments.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeBoulder • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $136,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage resources and cross-functional efforts to successfully achieve customer deliverables and project objectives for contracted development and technical transfer of active pharmaceutical ingredients at Corden Pharma.
Provide leadership and mentoring to other Project Managers as assigned.
Project Manager for New Product Introduction Drive adherence to Corden’s contractual commitments: develop project plan including resources, timing, milestones, and deliverables.
Track, monitor, and report key performance metrics including expenditures vs. budget.
Manage and control multiple projects to meet objectives.
Act as a liaison between Corden Pharma and customer project manager to ensure mutual agreement of contract scope and schedule.
Monitor trends and drive continuous improvement of the project management process.
Develop and distribute periodic reports on project performance, issues, risks, and schedules of key activities, events, or milestones.
Identify, escalate, and facilitate resolution of manufacturing, supply chain, or quality issues that may adversely affect project performance goal.
Ensure risk assessments and appropriate risk mitigation plans are established for projects at every phase of the contract.
Collaborate with R&D, Quality, and Operations to understand critical to quality product requirements.
Lead and coordinate the preparation of Proposals for New Business RFPs. Lead preparation of Proposals for scope additions to existing Development Projects.
Act as a sounding board and provide feedback to assigned Project Managers.
Assist in the onboarding and professional development activities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A BS in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or other technical degree.
Ten (10) years’ experience in Pharma Industry, with 5 years in Project Management and external customer communications, and 5 years of demonstrated success in in an API Development and Manufacturing environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience in API Development and Manufacturing environment.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, political and legal documents.
Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or board of directors.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Benefits

Comp & perks

401(k) matching - Corden Pharma will contribute 100% of the first 6% - 100% vested after 2 years of service
Accident Plan
Critical Illness Insurance
Dental Insurance
Disability Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Flexible Spending Account
Health Insurance PPO/HSA
Hospital Indemnity Plan
ID Theft Protection
Life Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Wellness Program
Vacation – Three Weeks 1st Year
Vision Insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

Project ManagementAPI DevelopmentManufacturingRisk AssessmentBudget ManagementPerformance MetricsProposal PreparationContinuous ImprovementData AnalysisTechnical Documentation

Soft Skills

LeadershipMentoringCommunicationProblem SolvingCollaborationPresentation SkillsInterpersonal SkillsOrganizational SkillsCritical ThinkingFeedback Provision